Acer enter the handheld PC gaming race with the Nitro Blaze 7

It remains a shame that even after the success of the steam deck and proton and steam os the big vendors still keep going back to windows 11. As long as that keeps happening Linux will never really take off. But I guess they rather pay MS a fee for the licence and hire some programmers for another custom app. Money much better spend on steam os and the Linux kernel.

A shame.


Last edited by Bumadar on 4 September 2024 at 2:46 pm UTC

There's no price, region availability or release date being shared just yet.

But it will have a crappy UI. That's a given.

Why, I mean seriously WHY put windows on a handheld!

Am not saying that as a linux fanboy either, I wouldn't recommend a desktop distro either.

Valve spent all that time and effort on the deck UI for a reason!

!TO MAKE IT USABLE AND EASY!

Yeah this constant dependence on Windows kind of shows that they aren't really interested in providing long time support for these devices like Valve has with the SD. Not worth the price tag imo!

Windows is going to continue to get worse and worse for handhelds as they keep introducing more 'services' to the payload, especially Microsofts big shift to everything 'online' AI assistance stuff.


Last edited by TheRiddick on 4 September 2024 at 3:10 pm UTC

It is once again using Windows

And I have already stopped caring.

It will be 900$+ just like every other handheld pc with those specs. In my opinion it cannot compete with the steam deck
the Nitro will have better performance but at the cost of battery life and at that price I'd rather just get a laptop or a deck, and that's not even talking about the ecosystem.

What's a nitro blaze? Sounds like a fart after curry...

Two observations:

• Windows and the “I hate that type of d-pad” type d-pad. Don't want that.
  
• It looks like an Acer device. Don't want that either.

Windows 11... When will they learn? Pfff...

This said, when fully supported by a Linux handheld distro... I'm so fed up with Asus, I would give it a shot first, but I'll wait for the Steam Deck 2.

I don't trust Acer. I recently bought an Acer laptop for some reason and was reminded of why I don't trust Acer.

I don't trust Acer. I recently bought an Acer laptop for some reason and was reminded of why I don't trust Acer.

Not really surprised... It should be a matter of time before DELL joins the fray with an Alienware handheld... But the price?!

Companies like Acer, Asus etc. are hardware makers only. They do not care about OS (except adding their own spying bloatware apps and/or GUI), but they need have support for it.

If device is designed on quite standard PC parts - Win11 will be supported by Microsoft for many, many years.

There is no commercial Linux distribution for handholds with support for many years (except Android)... So the real option for them is just Windows...

Maybe, perhaps someone from IBM/Red Hat should consider create Linux distribution for handholds with long commercial support?

Acer is the curse of the mankind. Last time I heard from Acer it was a terrible machine.It sucked so much that me and all in my neighbourhood build a bonfire and burned all acer laptops in it! But unfortunately, local witches got wind of it and called to a local Police Station and soon cops came to this fiery scene. We all got arrested with charge of illegal burning of Acer laptops. But luckily I had cash which I got from selling illegal moonshine. So I tried to bribe local judge with 1 million of cash but he said: gimme a couple illegal bottles of moonshine so things can be settled. So we got released and instead local witches got a charge of illegal witchcraft in last Easter and for wasting police's precious time! Because at that time local pyromaniac squad had a party( So they said)in nearby woods! Of course it was only a false rumour. But for the judge it was enough!. So what happened to witches? They were comdemned to be mummified alive!Nice story! I should send it to reader's digest!Happy humour! Well My honest opinion. I don't trust Acer. Windows 11? No interest from me for now. Only Linux matters so when it supports Linux I can consider it.

What's a nitro blaze? Sounds like a fart after curry...

It's when your weed makes you laugh.

It remains a shame that even after the success of the steam deck and proton and steam os the big vendors still keep going back to windows 11. As long as that keeps happening Linux will never really take off. But I guess they rather pay MS a fee for the licence and hire some programmers for another custom app. Money much better spend on steam os and the Linux kernel.

A shame.

The problem is that the big vendors have contracts with Microsoft that give them a discount on Microsoft products in exchange for installing Windows and related malware on every PC they sell. If Acer were to ship this Nitro Blaze thing with an alternate operating system, they would likely be in breach of contract and facing a lawsuit from a ruthless company with deep pockets and well-paid lawyers. At the same time, Valve has proven that the portable PC gaming market is too profitable to ignore, and so we end up with handheld PCs with Windows installed despite it being the least suitable operating system for the purpose.

And Valve still has not enabled the sale of the Deck in a lot of countries...other vendors like Asus sell theirs worldwide.

While is being managed better than Steam Machines, Deck could sell A LOT more by making it available everywhere.

It remains a shame that even after the success of the steam deck and proton and steam os the big vendors still keep going back to windows 11. As long as that keeps happening Linux will never really take off. But I guess they rather pay MS a fee for the licence and hire some programmers for another custom app. Money much better spend on steam os and the Linux kernel.

A shame.

The problem is that the big vendors have contracts with Microsoft that give them a discount on Microsoft products in exchange for installing Windows and related malware on every PC they sell. If Acer were to ship this Nitro Blaze thing with an alternate operating system, they would likely be in breach of contract and facing a lawsuit from a ruthless company with deep pockets and well-paid lawyers. At the same time, Valve has proven that the portable PC gaming market is too profitable to ignore, and so we end up with handheld PCs with Windows installed despite it being the least suitable operating system for the purpose.

Sadly, there's no way out of this... or there could be?

Deck in a lot of countries

Just AU/NZ and warzones at this point, lol

this boring commercial reminds me of pc space at e3...
sony, nintendo, microsoft and others spend their time showing the games you could play on their platform, it was exciting in many cases...
then the pc gaming space? specs, specs and more specs, what a boring presentation.

i want to see SEGA enter this space.
and more likely, Playstation but... with an open platform like steamdeck unlike their consoles, it wouldnt be the first time , they tried to make something like that with the OtherOS on Playstation3 , and Linux Support on PS2, so... who knows? maybe they finally decide to fight against microsoft in their homeland?

It remains a shame that even after the success of the steam deck and proton and steam os the big vendors still keep going back to windows 11. As long as that keeps happening Linux will never really take off. But I guess they rather pay MS a fee for the licence and hire some programmers for another custom app. Money much better spend on steam os and the Linux kernel.

A shame.

The problem is that the big vendors have contracts with Microsoft that give them a discount on Microsoft products in exchange for installing Windows and related malware on every PC they sell. If Acer were to ship this Nitro Blaze thing with an alternate operating system, they would likely be in breach of contract and facing a lawsuit from a ruthless company with deep pockets and well-paid lawyers. At the same time, Valve has proven that the portable PC gaming market is too profitable to ignore, and so we end up with handheld PCs with Windows installed despite it being the least suitable operating system for the purpose.

i dont think microsoft will sue then, they will charge then more on every other device, wich means they would have to be crazy to challenge microsoft.